San Fran's next step: Legalized prostitution?

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | July 19, 2008

[Man50D]

Petitioners have succeeded in moving a measure that would effectively decriminalize prostitution in the city of San Francisco to the Nov. 4 ballot.

While prostitution is unlawful under the California Penal Code, the measure – if passed by voters – would ban the San Francisco Police Department from allocating any financial resources for the investigation and prosecution of sex workers on prostitution charges.

Section four of the ballot measure – under the heading "Prostitution Shall Be Decriminalized" – further states that the city, county, and district attorney "shall not subject sex-workers to life long economic discrimination associated with having a criminal record."

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris criticized the measure, unofficially titled "Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution and Sex Workers." Harris told the San Francisco Chronicle, "This measure is nothing more than a welcome mat for prostitutes and pimps to come and hang out in San Francisco."

Proponents of the measure are claiming it is needed to give sex-industry workers equal protection under the law and to counter an alleged long-standing cronyism between dance club owners and key decision makers that has resulted in police cracking down on some prostitution outlets but looking the other way from popular nightclubs, even when the clubs were accused of sexual abuses by workers.

Maxine Doogan, founder of the Erotic Service Provider's Union, wrote in an email reported by the Chronicle, "Workers would like it if crimes like rape, robbery, theft and coercion were vigorously investigated and prosecuted. We want the right to make reports of crimes against us without being retaliated against by the police department."

According to the ESPU, the petition to have the measure put on the ballot received 12,763 signatures, 5,000 more than are required.

[hodaka]

“Yea, McGreevy was married too.”

So I guess pointing out Rush's short comings makes me a homo? Brilliant.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

So I guess pointing out Rush's short comings makes me a homo?

No, hijacking this thread to add some nasty comment about Rush just makes you an ass. Sleeping with men and hiding behind your sham marriage makes you a homo.

{note: the first statement is absolutely true. The second is absolutely as true and provable as your comment about Rush.}

[areukiddingme1]

It occurred to me while I was reading some headlines, and had O’Reilly on in the back ground and he was trying to convince some dimwit lefty from SF that this is dumb idea...then it occurred to me, this is a diversion piece — the longer the whack’os get us to even talk about this for two minutes, we are not talking about “the dali-bama-ding-dong.”